The camps held a rge party for our return. Vincent and the other leaders held off on asking details until after the party. They led me, Henry, Derrick, and Terry to a small tent.

  "Where's Marlin?" Vincent asks us.

  "He's... he died." I answer.

  "What about Garret, or Nathan?" One of the leaders asks us.

  "They both died..." I tell them.

  "It's his fault!" Derrick says, pointing at me.

  Vincent gives me a hard stare. He sends the group out of the room, leaving just us and the leaders.

  "I trusted you with this mission!" Vincent yells, "How could you fail so bad!"

  Henry sighs and rubs his forehead. He walks around the room, he must be stressed.

  "Just... tell me what went on during the mission." Vincent sighs.

  He sits down in a chair. The other leaders leave the room. We sit in silence for a little.

  "I raised Marlin." Vincent mutters.

  "I know, Henry said you raised all of them." I reply.

  "So, tell me all the details of your mission!" Vincent says.

  Where does he want me to start? Maybe at Revillion!

  "We got Peter at Revillion." I say.

  "And?" Vincent replies.

  "A holy knight attacked us. Then we got Garret and we were fine. We went to get Nathan but he was already dead." I tell him.

  "And what happened to Garret?" He asks.

  "Kara killed him... Her and the holy knight were working together." I tell him.

  He rubs his forehead faster and faster until it turns into an all out scratch. He clenches his head, he's hurting himself.

  "Where is Kara now?" Vincent asks.

  "I don't know. She might still be in Revillion." I say.

  "Good, and what about the holy knight?" He asks.

  "I killed her..." I answer.

  Vincent looks surprised by this. Maybe holy knights are really strong? I would be dead if it weren't for Henry. And Kara almost killed me without even trying. That says something.

  "Can we talk about something else?" I ask.

  "No, you can't just get out of this!" Vincent shouts.

  "It's important." I mutter.

  "Fine! What is it?" He says.

  "Loki, he talked to me." I tell him.

  Vincent's eyebrow raises. He grows quiet and stops scratching his head.

  "Did he offer you anything?" He asks.

  "Yeah, he wanted me to become his holy knight." I tell him.

  He looks up, then down. His right leg begins to bounce up and down.

  "Okay, you get a pass this time. We couldn't have known Kara had holy knights at her disposal." Vincent pushes me out of the room, "Good job on killing a holy knight by the way. Marty will be real proud."

  He closes the door to the room. What was that about? He just said he wouldn't let this go, now he's just shutting me out? I walk out of the tent and over to the training grounds. I see a tall woman, with what looks like a witches hat. Ann, Mark, Wick, and Mal are all talking with her. She must be the trainer Marty told us about! I walk over, the woman looks over at me.

  "Hi, who are you?" She asks.

  "I'm Caleb." I say.

  "Okay Caleb. What do you need?" She asks, while giving me a hard stare.

  She jogs over to me and begins to touch around me.

  "What're you doing?" I ask.

  "I'm just, examining you!" She tells me.

  She pokes around my body. Especially my eyes, she has a wonder in her eyes.

  "You have a strong aura! You must be an amazing mage!" She excims.

  "I'm not really a mage." I ugh.

  She stands straight and holds out her hand.

  "My name's Pyra! I'm a teacher here." She says.

  I shake her hand.

  "I'm Caleb. I'm a soldier here." I chuckle.

  The others walk over. Mark gives me a big hug.

  "Do you two, know each other?" She asks.

  "He's one of your students. He was the one on the mission." Mark tells her.

  "Oh, I'm so sorry!" She jumps.

  She takes me over to the area that they were training at. We stand a few feet away from one a group of targets.

  "Okay, what types of magic do you know?" She asks.

  "Um, I know how to make magical barriers!" I say.

  "And!" She says, while twisting her hair.

  "That's it." I say.

  She squints he eyes, while moving close to my face.

  "How could somebody with such potential be this hopeless!" She says.

  I look over at the others. Mark and Wick seem to be enjoying this. They're practically ughing their asses off. Ann gives me a thumbs, and pumps her fist in the air. I don't know why she's doing that! It's kid of strange, these three are acting like grade school kids! Mal is the only mature one and she's a literal child.

  "I see you have a sword! Are you strong with it?" She says bluntly.

  "Yeah, I'd say I'm pretty strong!" I say.

  "Show me, I want you to duel my best student!" She says with confidence.

  Ann steps forward. She has a guilty look on her face.

  "I want to see the strongest magic in this camp against you! The only rule is your not allowed to use any type of magic." She tells me.

  That seems easy enough. I still have a few injuries from the mission, but I can still fight!

  Me and Ann stand a few feet from each other. I can see Marty and Henry watching our fight. Now I really need to show off. Pyra gives us a quick count down. Ann quickly flies into the air. She's just high enough to where I won't be able to reach her. She fires a rge rock at me. I dodge it easily. I have an idea! She fires another rock at me. It moves slow, I jump up and kick against the rock. I push myself high enough to reach Ann. She's surprised by this. I reel my sword back, she tries to fire another rock at me, but I hit her on the head with my sword. She flies towards the ground. I follow close behind. She makes herself fall faster using wind magic, creating distance. A rge fireball appears from her. This is much rger than before! Pyra must be a pretty good teacher!

  The fire ball shoots up at me. It's faster and rger than the rocks. I don't think I can dodge this one, I'll have to take this attack! The air is hot. It feels lie my skin is melting off. The ball of fmes moves close to me. I ssh it with my sword. It actually makes a small dent in it. I swing at the fire ball rapidly. I cut through it. But it continues to move. If I even stutter once, this could probably kill me!

  I cut straight through the fire ball. I hear a rge amount of gasps. I look up, the fire ball explodes like a firework. The fire was hot, I may have a few burns from that! I look back over at Ann. She ys on the ground. That must've used most of her magic. I slowly fall to the ground, and give it a perfect nding. I run over to Ann. She passed out.

  "So... I win right?" I joke.

  "Sure!" Pyra dismisses while running over to Ann.

  She picks her up and takes her over to the doctor. I walk off the training grounds. Marty and Henry greet me at the exit.

  "Nice job Caleb! You've grown a lot stronger than I thought!" Marty ughs while putting his arm over my shoulders.

  "Why would a guy like you need training?" Henry jokes.

  "If I need training, you really need training." I chuckle.

  "Oh, I forgot to ask! Where is Reed?" I ask Marty.

  "He's still on his mission... He should be back soon." Marty answers.